1 Introduction to Oracle Fusion BIP Reporting By- Gurpreet Singh
2 Contents: 1. Introduction to Oracle Fusion BIP Reporting 2. Steps to create BIP Report 3. Running the report 4. Report layout properties 5. References 6. Questions
3 Introduction Oracle Fusion Applications uses the Oracle Business Intelligence platform to provide reports and analytics. Following are the types of reports. Operational reports are static reports that meet operational and statutory reporting requirements. Operational reporting includes the generation of high-volume business documents such as payroll and invoices. Often generated to record past activity, usually in tabular format Analytics (analysis or analytical reports) are visualizations (such as charts and tables) of a specific set of data. An analysis can be embedded into an application page, or included as a component of a dashboard. Analyses are generally interactive and provide ad hoc analysis capabilities to enable the user to customize the presentation of the data in real time Dashboards are a collection of reporting components grouped together to deliver a coherent view of related data. A single dashboard could be comprised of analyses, reports, and prompts
4 Report Components
5 BI Roles Business Intelligence roles apply to both Oracle Business Intelligence Publisher (Oracle BI Publisher) and Oracle Fusion Transactional Business Intelligence. They grant access to Business Intelligence functionality, such as the ability to run or author reports. Users need one or more of these roles in addition to the roles that grant access to reports, subject areas, Business Intelligence catalog folders, and Oracle Fusion data. Business Intelligence roles are defined as application roles in Oracle Entitlements Server.
6 Steps to create BIP Reports
7 Steps in brief Create new Data Model Add new Data Set (SQL Query) Run the Query and save the sample data Save the Data Model Create the Layout Save the report
8 Steps • Login to Oracle Fusion Cloud Instance • Click on Navigator • Go to Tools → Reports and Analytics
9 Steps • On Reports and Analytics screen, click on Browse Catalog
10 Steps • Oracle Transactional Business Intelligence screen will appear
11 Steps • Click on New → Data Model
12 Steps • Click on add New Data Set and select SQL Query
13 Steps • Enter the Name of Data Set- Test Query • Select the Data Source- ApplicationDB_FSCM • Type of SQL- Standard SQL • SQL Query- SELECT * FROM PER_ROLES_DN_VL
14 Steps • Group G_1 will be created automatically and all the XML Tags will be listed here
15 Steps • Use Structure tab to change XML Tag Names, Value if Null, Display Names
16 Steps • In Data tab, click View button and it will display the sample data. You can also choose Table view and can increase the count of rows to be displayed. • Click on Save As Sample Data
17 Steps • Click on Save button and enter the Data Model Name and Description
18 Creating Layout Report Layout Using Wizard Method Generating layout using Data Model automatically By Uploading the RTF File
19 Using Wizard Method • Click on Create Report button and click Next button
20 Using Wizard Method • Choose the Page Options, Layout and click Next button
21 Using Wizard Method • Drag and drop the fields to include in the report and click Next button
22 Using Wizard Method • We can delete the columns also by hovering over the header and clicking Delete icon.
23 Using Wizard Method • Once done click on Finish button.
24 Using Wizard Method • Report will be displayed.
25 Alternative Method • Go to Catalog and Click New → Report • Choose Data Model and select Use Report Editor and click Finish
26 Alternative Method • Save the Report by providing the Report Name and Description.
27 Alternative Method • Click on Generate button to generate the layout automatically
28 Alternative Method • New Template layout will be displayed. Click on View Report to view the report.
29 Alternative Method • Report will be displayed
30 Running the Reports
31 Creating Layout Running the Report Running the reports Online Running the reports from Catalog By Creating the ESS Job
32 Running the reports Online • Go to Catalog and click on Open Link.
33 Running the reports Online • Report will be displayed.
34 Running the Report from Catalog • Go to Catalog and click on More and select Schedule
35 Running the Report from Catalog • Schedule Report Job screen will appear
36 Running the Report from Catalog • Enter the Report Job Name and click OK and Job will be submitted
37 Running the Report from Catalog • Go to Catalog and click on More and select History
38 Running the Report from Catalog • On Report Job History Screen, Job will be listed and status should be Success. Click on Report Job Name
39 Running the Report from Catalog • Click on Output Name
40 Running the Report from Catalog • Report will be displayed
41 Running the Report by Creating ESS Job • Reports can be also be registered as Enterprise Scheduler Service (ESS) Jobs. • Oracle Enterprise Scheduler provides the ability to run different job types, including: Java, PL/SQL, and binary scripts, distributed across the nodes in an Oracle WebLogic Server cluster. Oracle Enterprise Scheduler runs these jobs securely, with high availability and scalability, with load balancing and provides monitoring and management through Fusion Middleware Control.
42 Report Layout Properties
43 Report Layout Properties • Open the report and click on Properties Button
44 Report Layout Properties • General Properties
45 Report Layout Properties • Disabling Run Report Online. Open link hidden in Catalog and also View Report button will not run the report
46 Report Layout Properties • Disabling Show Controls
47 Report Layout Properties • After disabling “Allow Sharing Report Links”, after running the report Share Report Link gets disabled
48 Report Layout Properties • Caching Properties
49 Report Layout Properties • Formatting Properties
50 Report Layout Properties • Font Mapping Properties
51 Report Layout Properties • Currency Format Properties used to define Currency Format Masks • For example to display 70,20,550.70 use the format mask: ➢ 99G99G999D99 • Then use the below in RTF file:

Introduction to Oracle Fusion BIP Reporting